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The History of Sux, the World's Most Discreet Murder Weapon [Science]
You might notice the sting of the injection. Within seconds you'd realize you're having trouble moving your eyes and fingers, followed by your arms and legs. If you were standing, you'd collapse. In a heap on the floor, you'd realize nearly every muscle in your body was paralyzed. Being fully...
Scientists Turn DNA Into Rewritable Memory [Science]
DNA, the strings of chemicals which define us, acts like a kind of read-only biological data storage device. Now, though, synthetic biologists have managed to turn DNA into a form or rewritable memory, just like that in our computers.More »
Dwarf Mammoths Used to Inhabit the Island of Crete [Animals]
The smallest mammoth ever known to have existed has been confirmed to have lived on the island of Crete—and scientists believe that it was an adult which had evolved into a dwarf species of the giant beasts.More »
Sweat-Eating Bees Are Invading Our Cities [Animals]
While most bees get by just fine supping on nectar from flowers, there's a different kind of bee out in the wild that feeds on sweat—and now, they're moving into cities to make the most of all that humans can offer.More »
Why Everybody's Wrong About the G-Spot [Sex]
The female G-spot is a much-discussed phenomenon. For every anecdotal report of its existence, there's a denier. Sadly, for once science doesn't really seem to help settle the matter either, with plenty of past reports suggesting its existence or otherwise. Today, the internet is awash with repor...
Using Leeches to Track the World's Rarest Animals [Science]
The Grizzly Bear, the Snow Leopard, the Orangutan—these animals were once thought to be mere folklore before their existences were proven with hard, biological evidence. Now, one research team wants to harvest the same evidence from the world's wilds using a natural collection network of le...
Polar Bears Aren't Descended From Brown Bears After All [Animals]
For a long time, it's been thought that polar bears are recent descendants of brown bears and that their white coats and webbed feet evolved into being over the last 150,000 years. A new study proves that incorrect: in fact, polar and brown bears share a common ancestor, making polar bears 600,00...
Can Stem Cells Finally Provide a Baldness Cure That Works? [Science]
There has been no shortage of baldness cures over the ages, but they all share one thing in common: none of them really work. Now, a team of scientists has used stem cell therapy to give a hairless mouse a mohawk. There is hope yet.More »
Bucky Balls Could Double Your Lifespan [Science]
Buckminster fullerene molecules, the naturally occurring spheres made up of 60 carbon atoms, have long been suspected to have biological benefits. Now, a study that set out to establish if they were toxic when administered orally has proven quite the opposite—they almost doubled the lifespa...
Nano-Particles Could Manufacture Cancer-Killing Drugs Inside Your Body [Science]
MIT researchers have built a nano-scale, drug-producing factory that could provide precision cancer tumor-killing inside your body.More »
